Cloakzy, Banks, Nate Hill, Among Faze Members Responding to TFue Lawsuit
The members of FaZe Clan speak out in support of the organization in the aftermath of the now-infamous Tfue lawsuit.
For those who don't know, Turner "Tfue" Tenney is suing FaZe Clan to get out of his contract. You can take a look at more of the details here.
There has been a huge community response from the Tfue lawsuit. Major streamers and pro players are offering their opinions, and the members of the FaZe Clan have made their support of the organization known.
FaZe Banks
FaZe Banks, the owner of FaZe Clan, has been the most vocal on the issue. It's clear that he feels betrayed by the whole thing - understandably so.
The lawsuit almost certainly isn't personal, but it's natural that Banks isn't taking it that way. The two are friends, and it's difficult to separate business and friendship.
One of the ways Banks is firing back is through the subtle dig of the Friday Fortnite. FaZe is donating the $60,000 they collected from Tfue to the prize pool for three weeks of the OG competitive Fortnite event.
Cloakzy
Tfue is also one of the best players the Battle Royale genre has seen. Along with Ninja / Ceice and more. I think he would be at the spot he is at with or without help. Thank you all for reading my statement and I love you
— Creator code: cloakzy (@cloakzy) May 20, 2019
Cloakzy issued a statement on the whole debacle as well. He claims that he's staying with FaZe for the time being, but also hints at the fact that Tfue and he are in this together.
Tfue had a three-year deal - something that a lot of pro players and streamers advise against. To my knowledge, it's not known how long Cloakzy has left, so he might be content to ride it out.
Cloakzy is in a rough situation with all of this. In the statement, he asks us to wait for Tfue's statement instead of taking his words as representative of both of them.
Other FaZe Members
It was a busy couple of days for FaZe Clan members. Nearly everyone in the organization took to Twitter to say something about the Tfue situation.
keep in mind, i’m in no way trying to persuade you to believe anyone right now and you should wait to hear both sides, but little timmy making youtube videos to his 32 subs spamming twitter replies with his video “defacing” it all seems pretty extreme
— FaZe Yelo (@yelotree) May 20, 2019
We’re the good guys.... we have made dreams come true for YEARS. Don’t ever forget that.
— Nordan Shat (@FaZe_Rain) May 20, 2019
FaZe really is family ??
— FaZe Cizzorz (@cizzorz) May 21, 2019
Do research before you slander someone or something. Very sad to see top influencers jump on the hate band wagon for a drop of clout. FaZe has always had my interests first. Instantly stood by me during the suspension thing, and I stand by them now. #FaZeUp
— Nate Hill (@NateHillTV) May 21, 2019
It’s a shame to see how this all went down. There’s always better ways to handle things. Banks out of everyone I’ve ever known is one of the most passionate, hardworking & loving human beings- goes above & beyond for the people he loves. What happened today felt heartless & wrong
— FaZe Temperrr (@Temperrr) May 21, 2019
Tfue has yet to speak on the lawsuit himself, although some people take the original Hollywood Reporter article as his side of the story. We'll make sure to keep you posted as more news comes to light.
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